Blackbird The Beatles ( Fingerstyle Guitar)

Blackbird was recorded on 11 June 1968 atEMI sAbbey Road Studiosin London, withGeorge Martinas theproducerandGeoff Emerickas theaudio is a solo performance with McCartney playing aMartinD 28 acoustic guitar. The track includes recordings of a malecommon blackbirdsinging in the background. Concerning the melody, Paul explains in his book Many Years From Now: The original inspiration was from a wellknown piece by Bach, which I never knew the title of, which George and I had learned to play at an early age. Part of its structure is a particular harmonic thing between the melody and the bass line which intrigued Geoff Emetrick, the audio engineer: Paul remarked to me that he wanted the track to sound as if he was singing it outdoors. Fine, I said, then let s do it He looked surprised, but there was a little spot outside of theecho chamberwith just enough room for him to sit on a stool. I ran a long mic lead out there and